The Life-Changing Benefits of Practicing Gratitude
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 ā¢ 1.6K Ratings
šļø 4 October 2018
ā±ļø 33 minutes
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Summary
We all go through ups and downs, and it's easy to focus on whatever is going wrong in our lives, butĀ beingĀ stressed and worried all the time works against us. AĀ negative mindset literally makes us dumber! But we can shift our attitude by appreciating what we do have going for us.
Today we have on new Dad Edge Alliance member, Dwayne. He came into the group at an all-time low. His marriage was in trouble, he was in debt, and he was depressed. As he began to target all aspects of his lifeĀ in the alliance, he also adopted the habit ofĀ looking at all that was going right in his life.
Within a few months, Dwayne has made incredible progress. His marriage is in a good place, he paid off 6K in debt, and is smiling again. Discover the other life-changing benefits of practicing gratitude in this short episode!
For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday126.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.0 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:32.0 | All right guys it is time it is time It's my best UFC impersonation of Bruce Buffer, whoever's doing that now, but this is Thursday |
| 0:39.9 | throwdown. If this is your first time here, this is the show where I am interviewing the |
| 0:46.4 | everyday dad and not just the everyday dad, but the guys who are living with |
| 0:50.8 | purpose on purpose. These are the guys in the Alliance, our elite |
| 0:54.7 | Brotherhood and the show topic that I have for you guys is how is gratitude showing |
| 1:00.8 | up in your life. |
| 1:03.2 | I think it was probably two months ago. |
| 1:05.8 | I had the chief hostage negotiator of the FBI, |
| 1:09.2 | Christopher Voss, who wrote the best selling book, |
| 1:11.4 | never split the difference. I am now reading that for the third time. |
| 1:15.9 | It's literally that good. Those conversations and the way to communicate is literally like it's it's completely life changing in fact I just |
| 1:25.3 | I just did a post on our big group big Facebook group called the Dad Edge |
| 1:30.1 | real dads with purpose a 30 minutes have asked me anything and the guy asked me what's the what's the |
| 1:35.3 | number one leadership business book that you've read you know because I'm about |
| 1:40.0 | ready to be promoted and I told told them, I was like, |
| 1:42.8 | I think my answer will surprise you |
| 1:44.9 | because it's never split the difference |
| 1:46.6 | by a chief hostage negotiator, the FBI, Christopher Voss. |
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